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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on personal injury and negligence involving bodily harm, including medical malpractice issues. Coverage includes major litigation over medical negligence, patron safety, and accidents involving catastrophic injuries and death, as well as legislative and regulatory developments.
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Latest News in Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
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December 7, 2018
Texas Court Affirms Tollway Agency's Immunity In Death Suit
A Texas appellate panel on Thursday affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of claims against the North Texas Tollway Authority in a wrongful death suit filed by the father of a man who collided with a downed light pole on the tollway, finding that the agency only knew the pole was down one minute before the collision.
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December 7, 2018
Ohio Justices Cut $1.5M Award To Nurse Defamed By Hospital
The Ohio Supreme Court said Friday that defamation is a kind of injury to a person and is subject to caps on personal injury damages, commanding a lower court to go back and reduce a $1.5 million defamation award to a nurse who was fired after supporting a union organizing effort at her hospital.
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December 7, 2018
Texas Panel Won’t Let Doctor Duck Suit Over Bowel Injury
A Texas appellate court on Friday said a New Braunfels-based doctor can't escape a suit accusing him of failing to diagnose appendicitis in a timely manner, ruling that his former patient's expert medical report supported claims that the delayed diagnosis contributed to his bowel injury.
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December 7, 2018
Pa. Appeals Court Upholds SEPTA Win In Bus Injury Suit
A woman who claims she was injured on a Philadelphia bus when an intoxicated passenger grabbed her neck after the vehicle accelerated can't prove the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority was negligent, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Thursday.
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December 7, 2018
Morgan & Morgan Can't Nix $5M Legal Malpractice Verdict
A Florida state judge has rejected Morgan & Morgan PA’s bids to vacate or reduce a $5 million jury award in a legal malpractice suit accusing a firm attorney of botching a medical malpractice suit over a baby's brain damage.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Suits accusing major companies of not taking proper safety precautions to ensure the health and safety of patrons
- Suits accusing major companies of negligence in car accident, slip-and-fall, and fatal injury cases
- Disputes over alleged acts of negligence or omission, including failure to diagnose an illness or injury and improper treatment
- Suits claiming a failure to properly warn a patient about known risks or side effects of a medication or medical procedure
- Disciplinary proceedings against health care providers
- Ethics violations
- Criminal charges for illegally prescribing opiates or otherwise compromising patient care
- Professional liability insurance coverage disputes
- REGULATION
- Tort reform measures, including lawsuit payout caps
- State and federal legislation involving patient care
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of personal injury and medical malpractice practices
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